Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, With a New Preface by the AuthorWhy is it that in the ’90s, business in California’s Silicon Valley flourished, while along Route 128 in Massachusetts it declined? The answer, Annalee Saxenian suggests, has to do with the fact that despite similar histories and technologies, Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but cooperative industrial system while Route 128 came to be dominated by independent, self-sufficient corporations. The result of more than one hundred interviews, this compelling analysis highlights the importance of local sources of competitive advantage in a volatile world economy. |
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... organizational and cultural differences continue to define the divergent fortunes of the Silicon Valley and Route 128 economies . This does not mean that change is not possible . Cultures and institutions are not static , they are ...
... organizational and cultural differences continue to define the divergent fortunes of the Silicon Valley and Route 128 economies . This does not mean that change is not possible . Cultures and institutions are not static , they are ...
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... organized into large companies that do their own thing . At Digital , we had our own capabilities for everything , not just little things , but boards , chips , monitors , disk drives , everything . It's very difficult for a small ...
... organized into large companies that do their own thing . At Digital , we had our own capabilities for everything , not just little things , but boards , chips , monitors , disk drives , everything . It's very difficult for a small ...
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... organization whose significance had been unrecognized during the rapid growth of earlier decades — or had been seen simply as superficial disparities between " laid back " California and the more " buttoned up " East Coast . Far from ...
... organization whose significance had been unrecognized during the rapid growth of earlier decades — or had been seen simply as superficial disparities between " laid back " California and the more " buttoned up " East Coast . Far from ...
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... organization of regional economies , however , primarily because the traditional vertically integrated corpo- ration ... organized around horizontal networks of firms , producers deepen their own capabilities by specializing ...
... organization of regional economies , however , primarily because the traditional vertically integrated corpo- ration ... organized around horizontal networks of firms , producers deepen their own capabilities by specializing ...
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... organizational autonomy . Like their Silicon Valley counter- parts , these producers tend to be geographically clustered and depend heavily on informal information exchange as well as more formal forms of cooperation.8 As the case of ...
... organizational autonomy . Like their Silicon Valley counter- parts , these producers tend to be geographically clustered and depend heavily on informal information exchange as well as more formal forms of cooperation.8 As the case of ...
Contents
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COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY | 29 |
INDEPENDENCE AND HIERARCHY | 59 |
BETTING ON A PRODUCT | 83 |
RUNNING WITH TECHNOLOGY | 105 |
BLURRING FIRMS BOUNDARIES | 133 |
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